tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post95608133539040908..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: This Week at the ZBACarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-14444820078602466842018-08-01T09:07:11.628-04:002018-08-01T09:07:11.628-04:00I am curious, Steve, about the characterization of...I am curious, Steve, about the characterization of your new proposed building as "affordable new housing." Can you describe the standards of affordability you are going to be applying to the rent of this new space? Rebecca Wolff (110 Union Street)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09038993866581128035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-90924644709212546512018-07-23T20:37:21.268-04:002018-07-23T20:37:21.268-04:00the most important subject here is that people are...the most important subject here is that people are actually investing real money and effort, and confidence, in a renewed Hudson with buildings that actually pay taxes. <br />wow -- amazing, a positive move that is healthy for the city. j kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669649380477390089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-37295493558187671482018-07-23T16:16:36.803-04:002018-07-23T16:16:36.803-04:00What do you suggest? Perhaps it is better to light...What do you suggest? Perhaps it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. Steve Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588935402322108968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-90916391596130682802018-07-23T10:49:16.361-04:002018-07-23T10:49:16.361-04:00More like the existing wall:
https://www.thequarr...More like the existing wall:<br /><br />https://www.thequarrymill.com/store/natural-stone-veneer/winchester/unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-526648099297179602018-07-23T09:12:28.309-04:002018-07-23T09:12:28.309-04:00Your passion care for aesthetics has a strange way...Your passion care for aesthetics has a strange way of expressing itself. First, with your suburban curbcut driveway on one of Hudsons oldest blocks. And now a garish faux stone wall with a vaguely SoCal midcentury modern atop it? Perhaps your passions are better suited to Greenport?David Marstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805425229362358449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-59696688955003424232018-07-23T08:22:19.257-04:002018-07-23T08:22:19.257-04:00Which one do you like best? The Chilton?Which one do you like best? The Chilton?Steve Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588935402322108968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-22971039751899542932018-07-22T18:01:18.402-04:002018-07-22T18:01:18.402-04:00Thanks S.D., the quarrymill.com site has some good...Thanks S.D., the quarrymill.com site has some good choices, but it also has some hideous ones.<br /><br />The one you prefer, "Chalet," is not like the rock we have around here, nor does it match your existing dry stone wall. The mortar in the Chalet accentuates a rounded look at the corners, and that will contrast conspicuously with your mortarless wall. <br /><br />Compared to your existing wall, the Chalet has almost no textual variation, and looks more like compressed stone dust (except for the darker, peppered stone at the top center of the photo, which looks more like granite). The Chalet will also look bluish compared to the warm retaining wall which now stretches across two properties.<br /><br />For texture, notice that your own wall - and also the adjoining wall (both built by Mr. W.G.) - are drystack limestone filled with fossils, mostly Brachiopods. Very old stone, and native to right here.<br /><br />By the way the house design looks fine to me, and I particularly welcome the south-facing deck. I just care about the aesthetics of the wall.unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-15020673899763025022018-07-22T13:05:30.068-04:002018-07-22T13:05:30.068-04:00My architect referred me to the site below for sto...My architect referred me to the site below for stone veneers.<br /><br />https://www.thequarrymill.com/store/natural-stone-veneer/<br /><br />The one I liked best for purposes of matching the existing stone wall (and the one that I submitted to the HPC) is linked below, but I am certainly open to other suggestions. I may, and probably do, have many character flaws, but I do care passionately about aesthetics. <br /><br />https://ibb.co/goS6wy<br />Steve Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588935402322108968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-45299789023570145172018-07-22T10:08:24.497-04:002018-07-22T10:08:24.497-04:00The careless approval of veneered stone walls can ...The careless approval of veneered stone walls can have hideously ugly results. <br /><br />In Ireland where stone is the all-but universally required building material, short-sighted County planning boards with sensibilities worthy of The Flintstones have marred the Irish countryside everywhere you look. Many of the blights involve stone veneers, where the approving boards took no notice of the kind of stone used. If stone of any kind or any design is proposed in Ireland, then permission is granted.<br /><br />In Hudson, the Promenade cliff which is now slathered with shaped concrete is a good example of lithic vulgarity writ large. When Amtrak's contractor employed a contractor's artistry to approximate the look of Ordovician shale, Hudson got a permanent poke in the eye.<br /><br />Perhaps Hudson's Historic Preservation Commission is already knowledgable and concerned about such things. Either way, I hope that the applicant in this case picks an appropriate veneer to match our local, country rock.<br />unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.com